A TASTY blend of celebrity chefs and home grown food made last week's BBC Good Food Show at the National Exhibition Centre a record breaker, organisers have revealed.

A TASTY blend of celebrity chefs and home grown food made last week's BBC Good Food Show at the National Exhibition Centre a record breaker, organisers have revealed.

The show went down so well that the BBC has decided to serve up another helping for food fans - by hosting a summer version of the popular Birmingham event.

More than 130,000 visitors flocked to the NEC last week to see celebrity chefs like Gordon Ramsay and Jamie Oliver demonstrate their cookery skills.

By the end of the five-day show, which was in its 16th year, many of the stalls selling home grown and organic produce had sold out.

BBC bosses have now announced they're planning a Summer BBC Good Food Festival at the NEC from May 18 to 21.

It will run alongside the Good Homes Live It! exhibition and feature the main ingredients which made last week's show a hit. That means more demonstrations by celebrity chefs and a Seasonal Tasting Theatre where visitors can sample summer food ranging from al fresco dishes to cocktails.

The Good Food Show's popular drinks section, A World of Wine, Beer & Spirits, will also return featuring wines for warmer weather and cooling summer drinks.

Laura Biggs, Commercial Director of BBC Haymarket Exhibitions, said:"We have introduced this new culinary festival to meet Good Homes' Show visitors demand for more food-led features.

"Summer is a great season to celebrate good food and we are confident this new event will be a great success."

The news is another boost for Birmingham which put itself firmly on the culinary map at last week's Good Food Show.

Visitors snapped up tickets to the Tasting Theatre where top chefs Glynn Purnell, from Jessica's Restaurant, and Charlie Barr, from Simpson's, cooked up samples of their signature dishes as part of the Birmingham Bites promotional campaign.